The Makings of a Great Married Life

Many people want a good marriage, and although it might seem it, having one is not as difficult to achieve as it might seem. When in a marriage relationship, both man and woman should make every attempt to strive for a happy married life. Many excellent marriages actually do exist and even though it might not seem that there are many out there, the number of successful marriages is growing in numbers.

Although there are those who dont want to take responsibility for it, having control over how your marriage turns out is in the hands of the husband and wife. Dont be misled by those that do not matter; the man and woman in a marriage are the ones that can truly make it or break it. How a man and woman behaves in a marriage, especially the first few years, dictates what happens to that marriage in the future.

Marriage is all about give and take and nothing is more important regarding that, then always being ready to communicate and to deeply listen to your spouse. An important point toward a good marriage includes; being ready to sacrifice what you want for the good of the marriage as well as allowing your spouse to be a different person than you are and accepting that. When it comes to marriage, there is a saying that always works; be quick to listen and slow to speak.

Giving your precious marriage time to flourish requires an altruistic attitude which can be difficult, but are very fulfilling. When the decision is made by two people to get married, both individuals must come to the realization that what you sow or give to that marriage, you will reap or get out of it. Nowadays, most people spend a great deal of time on their diet, hair style, etc. and somehow forget that the very vital thing in your existence, your marriage, needs to be worked on and valued just as much.

If a person is completely unaware of the strong and weak points of their marriage, they will be totally surprised by the transitions that occur and unfortunately, not see them coming before they arrive. Marriages, most times, have events that have to be weathered by the couple who soon will realize that once you make it through one of these emotional roller coaster rides, that you will be better off because there is now an awareness of the phases that a marriage endures. Marriages, whether people want to admit it or not, goes through many different developmental stages that if observed and discussed, are very predictable. The stages of marriage include good and bad phases and one of them is that you wonder what the heck you were thinking that you even married this person.

The stages of a marriage are very interesting and many times confusing all at the same moment, with one of the stages of your relationship being all flowers and symphonies as you wonder how you ever lived without this person in your life. The stages of marriage include good and bad phases and one of them is that you wonder what the heck you were thinking that you even married this person. Marriage and its stages creates so many emotions which includes the stage where you love your spouse yet you dont like his: smelly breath in the morning, the way she takes forever to get ready for an event and the list goes on and on.

Each marriage is chock full of so many different components that anyone that is married has to be so very aware not to speak anything that you will be sorry for later on such as: your mother is a monster, when I married you my whole life went down the drain, youre the reason I hate this marriage and several other choice tidbits that Im sure we all can think of. Marriage is teamwork; it is living together and realizing that you are not opponents but truly on the same team. People that are married have to be extremely cautious that in the throes of a combative discussion, you do not say things that you want to smack yourself for ever saying.

If and when you get to the point in your marriage where you really understand that perseverance is the cornerstone of happiness, then you will find yourself in the middle of many truly blissful times in your relationship. Just like everything else that exists in life, marriage is full of many good moments and many bad moments, but your perspective on each and every one of those times is what will help keep you together. Marriage, full of peaks and valleys, can be your best friend or your worse enemy.